Binder.



L.- PQ KEV ENEY a; c. F. GOLLINGE. amour APPLICATION FILED NOV- 8 1913.

1 ,6 7, 'Peitented Apr.13;1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOT0 LITHO., WASHINGTON D. Q

LE0 r. KEVENEY'AND CARL 1r.- GOLLINGE, or TOLEDO, OI-IIO.

BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Noveinber 8, 1913. Serial N 0. 799,881.

hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification. dlOur invention relates to binders for bun- It has for its object to produce a binder which will draw the parts forming the bundle tightly. together and then look the ends of the binder.

It also has for its object to provide a wide binder to prevent the parts of the bundle from working laterally and out of the binder.

It has for its further object to provide a binder which will tightly inclose or secure'a bundle of any size within the limits of the binder.

In the construction containing the invention, an engaging means is secured to one end of the binder and is adapted to engage with an intermediate part or the other end of the binder, and means is provided for drawing the engaging means and the part with which it is engaged toward the end to which it is secured and locking it in position.

The invention may be contained in'many different constructions. We have, illustrated one of such constructions and shall describe it hereinafter to show how such constructions may be made and operated.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the application of the invention and shows the binder locked in position. Fig. 2 is a top'view of a portion of the bindenand Fig. 3 illustrates an end view of the end portion of the clasp shown in Fig. 2.

1, Fig. 1, is a binder chain formed of broad links 2. Each link is of wire bent to form three sides of a square or a rectangle and having the sides 3, the ends or crossbars 4 and eyes 5 which are bent over and pivot transversely to the end portions of the preceding link. The first linkis secured to theclasp 10 formed of wire of more'or less elasticity and having elastic sides 11 which Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

are brought together. and turned about each other to form interengaging loops l2 and terminate in horns 13 which slant upward and outward. The sides 11, as shown in Fig. 3, are provided with eyes 14 which may be formed by a complete short turn in the wire. When thus formed a certain amount of elastic play is given to the free end of the clasp. A wide engaging hook 15 is pivotally secured in theeyes 14. The hook 15 is formed of wire having end portions 16 which extend into the eyes 14 and are per manently secured therein, side portions 17 which are bent away from the free end of the clasp into hooks 18 and the cross-bar or end portion 19. I

In the operation of the binder and clasp,

the chain is placed about a bundle and the ends of the chain. are brought as near as possible together or made to overlap or the free end may be turned back along the chain, on the inside or on the outside, preferably on the inside. The cross-bar portion 4 of the farthest of the links possible is caught by thehook 15. The free end of the clasp then lies to the back or the outside of the hook. The free end of the clasp is tilted away from the hook, turning in the eyes 5 of the link of the chain secured thereto, pulling the hook with it and the, crossbar 4 of the link caught thereby, double the length of the distance between the pivot line or turning axes of the clasp on the end of the chain and of the hook in clasp, that is, double the distance between the eyes 5 of the first link of the chain and the eyes 14 in which the hooks are pivoted. The hook is of such length relative to the member 11 to which it is pivotally connected, that the lip of the hook 15, swings into close fitting contact with the cross bar 10 forming a part of the clasp member 11, as shown in Fig. 1. The hook thus incloses the cross bar of the link which it engagesbetween itself and the clasp member. This prevents the link from becoming disengaged from the hook when the bundle is thrown or jarred from any reason whatever. If the link with which the hook is connected slips forward in the direction of the clasp member, which may be caused by jarring of the bundle, it will not be released from the hook as itwill slip 1 H nuh a Wha 3' of any one pfthe links, it mey berrthe secnd or the third linkjof thechain fromv-ther i clasp Thehock '15 tends to pull the clasp Y up or away from the bundle so that the i 5 horns reinainl'ocked beneath the sides of-- the'flinkwith Whiehlthey engage: Theclasp may also be so made theta light. pressure is p a ed maybe gre y Se; skilled inftheelrtwithout in erifdbit. 1 anyyvise dep invent on -b llet I Ri en-5. 5%. I

iel ombl ee -D t en e J b aclaspsecured tolonefendof the .Cllilililtt ving j r'et ule 'l ok r e} t ui e eeqr bedt ur? in u i n, cla as new; fan ds des re. to iseci re gaging any one of the crossbars of the links, thehook being connected to the centr al portion of the clasp, the clasp having elastic upwardly and outwardly turned side members which engage with the side bars of onelof the links by closing movements of the clasp.

"2; The combination "of a chain having rectangular Wire links, each link having an end crqsghar, aclasp" secured to one end ofthe Chitin, arec'tangillei hook pivoted centrally tolthe clasp forengagingpany one of the cross bars of the linl'z s,"th'e hook having a downwardly and're'er'svardly fturned lip ex- 40 tendingito apoint clos e to the cross-bar of the clasp; when thebinder is in binding p0- si'tibnr" i i "Intesti nony whereof, We have hereunto igned ur na nesto lisl p c fi ati in th presence of tw o subscr bing w tnesses.

LEOVPJKEVENQEY. CARL EOQLLINGE.

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